All Children Should Have Their Cholesterol Checked Between Ages 9 and 11
Coronary artery disease does not magically appear. The disease begins “during early childhood and progress[es]...
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Is Moringa the Most Nutritious Food?
Plant-based diets are put to the test in the treatment of periodontal disease. How does nutrition affect periodontal disease? First, what is it? “Periodontal disease is a bacterial infection that results in inflammatory destruction of the connective tissue and bone...
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What Not to Do When You Handle Receipts
The plastics chemical bisphenol A, commonly known as BPA, was banned for use in baby...
Last Day to Register for Next Webinar
Today is the last day to register for my upcoming webinar: Why Do Vegetarians Have...
Consider the Evidence When You Make Life-or-Death Decisions
In the 1940s and ’50s, the American Medical Association was not only saying that “smoking...
Vitamin D Put to the Test for Crohn’s Disease
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), “a chronic inflammatory condition of the intestine that causes abdominal pain,...
A Supplement Shown to Improve Asthma
Asthma, “a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways,” affects approximately 10 percent of children. About...
Should We Tax Meat and Dairy Like We Do Cigarettes?
One of the most effective ways to decrease the harms of smoking is by increasing...
Do Poultry Viruses Cause Human Cancers?
The incidence of cancers has been rising for the last half century, and the question...
Treating Prostate Cancer with Green Tea
Green tea has been called nature’s defense against cancer. Population studies linking green tea consumption...
Does Green Tea Help Prevent Prostate Cancer?
“Prostate cancer is a leading cause of illness and death among men in the United...
Last Day to Register for Obesity Webinar & New Stroke Risk Webinar
I’m excited to announce my next webinar, taking place on February 19: Why Do Vegetarians...
Why Drinking Diet Soda Makes You Crave Sugar
Recommendations on limiting sugar consumption vary around the world, with guidelines ranging from “[l]imit sweet...
Dark Chocolate Put to the Test for Peripheral Artery Disease
One of the problems with publishing research on chocolate is that the press jumps on...
Top 10 NutritionFacts.org Videos in 2019
NutritionFacts.org arises from my annual review of the medical literature. With the help of a...
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Thanks to your generosity we hit our 2019 fundraising goal! Without your support, I wouldn’t...
How the Egg Industry Tried to Bury the TMAO Risk
“Metabolomics is a term used to describe the measurement of multiple small-molecule metabolites in biological...
The Foods with the Highest Aspirin Content
The results of a recent aspirin meta-analyses suggesting a reduction of cancer mortality by about...
How to Get the Benefits of Aspirin Without the Risks
For people without a personal history of cardiovascular disease, aspirin’s risks may outweigh its benefits,...
The Risks and Benefits of Taking Low-Dose Aspirin
Salicylic acid, the active ingredient in aspirin, has been used for thousands of years as...
The Benefits of Ginger for Osteoarthritis
If ginger is so effective against migraines and also helps with the pain of menstrual...
Our Year-End Fundraiser Starts Now
The very first of the 4,990 citations in How Not to Diet relates to the...
How Not to Diet Out Now!
The big day is here! How Not to Diet is now available in book stores...
How Much Vitamin C Should You Get Every Day?
“For many years, the RDA [recommended daily allowance] for all vitamins were based on preventing...
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